dr. abraham for five minutes. >> well, i, like dr. rowan, am honored to have a foster student with me today from bossier city louisiana. and is going to go into a curriculum and hopefully will do very well. mariah, will you stand up please? thank you very much. [ applause ] and certainly just a quick remembrance that everybody here in the room with memorial day coming up, they're surviving family members of our fallen heroes. we know they still continue to carry the water and the extreme burden. so just a heart felt thanks for that. representative o'rourke and i were in a meeting this morning with secretary mcdonald and undersecretary sloan and a whole kaud qadry of his people who helped him make these decisions that you and i have talked about today. and i think it was you, mr. rieckhoff that said you know they do i think also have their heard in the right place. we have to be in a position -- i'll use a poor term, but we'll have to lance the abscess, so to speak, before the healing starts. hopefully we're in the process now of expos

dr. abraham and i heard this morning with the secretary. one figure that just astounds me is that there are 50,000 positions opened within the va that they are seeking to hire for today. another statistic that floors me is that the ap reported last month despite this year of intensive focus on wait times, wait times have improved approximately 0% across the country. and undersecretary gibson admitted today that while access has improved, more veterans are getting seen wait times are actually going up because more veterans are being seen. that are more providers in the system. there is, even though it's problematic, there's more choice. and so i think one of the difficult questions we need to address, and i want to get your thoughts on is is whether we should not be a little bit more strategic on what we are hiring for and then what we are referring out. mr. rieckhoff i'm struck by your top priority, preventing suicides and caring for those who come back with the signature wound of these most recent wars post-traumatic stress, traumatic brai

dr. abraham said with the secretary. one thing that astounds me is there are 50,000 positions they are seeking to hire for today. another statistic called wait times have approved approximately 0% across the country. well access has improved, more veterans are getting seen. there are more providers in the system. there is more choice. i think one of the difficult things we want to address. we need to get strategic on what we are hiring out. i am struck by your top priority, preventing suicide and caring for those who come back with signature wounds of the most recent wars. tell me your thoughts on focusing the hiring on capacity to serve the transitioning service members and focus on those injuries sustained in combat and service. you refer out those that are not uniquely connected. there is going to be a trade-off. i would love to get your take on this. >> i found out about another suicide on the way there. it is real and growing. no one should be thinking this problem is anywhere close to solve. i think framing it in a

dr. abraham verghese, and more. stay tuned. this hour could save your life.number 25, baby security breach. the woman in this surveillance video, jennifer latham, tells her family she's expecting a baby when really she isn't. so she decides to steal one. take a look as she changes into nursing scrubs, enters a baby's room, comes out with a bag under her arm. a baby is in that bag. the impostor nurse actually gets off the premises with the child, despite an alarm on the baby. >> the alarm went off as it was supposed to. the woman just managed to get out the door. >> the baby is gone, missing, for almost 2 1/2 hours. until a police officer spots the getaway car and pulls the baby snatcher over. >> that's a newborn that you have back there. >> listen as jennifer lies to the officer, telling him the baby in the car is hers. >> you gave birth? today? >> no. yesterday. >> yesterday? >> this cop isn't buying any of it. jennifer latham is arrested, and the baby is returned safely back to mom and dad by ambulance. >> what kind of person would want to steal a baby? >>

dr. abraham. >> just i'll add my frustration. evidently the panel about having to log in every time that patient goes room to room. homeland security was one issue you brought up dr. lynch. certainly on the civilian side, we as physicians have as physicians have to worry about hipaa. the fines are hefty. we're under the gun as much as the v.a. is. but we understand if we have a computer system in the va facility that the record can't move from computer to computer then we do have a problem. i'm sure they can. but the reason they don't is i guess a question i do have is like the doctor said, why can't that computer travel with the patient or just travel from room to room as the patient travels just move that record to another facility facility. the second question, you heard mr. morrison's testimony from he was representing i think the american board of physician specialties as far as not being able to receive jobs in i guess the ratio that the abms was able to with their certification. do you -- is there a disparity between those

dr. abraham, you're recognized. >> i want to give dr. spagnolio for having the patience of joe if he's able to work four years in the system that requires him to enter data. i know as a practicing physician when my triage nurse would call in when we used the electronic health records would call in sick i would see two thirds, if not 75% less patients that day when i had to do the work. the hard work is done by those nurses and triage people that make us better than we probably really are. saying that i've worked also with pas and mps in my career and service and the level of care that you provide is outstanding outstanding. i referred patients all my career to podiatrists for -- to diabetic cultures and again, could not ask for a better level of care from your profession. so kudos to you guys. i find it odd that in programs such as choice or anything that's nonrelated that the va doesn't mind our good veterans being seen outside the va clin being by board certification other than abms, they allow the ao aoa, the ost pathic boards and don

dr. abraham and i heard this morning with the secretary. one figure that just astounds me is that there are 50,000 positions opened within the v.a. that they are seeking to hire for today. another statistic that floors me is that the a.p. reported last month despite this year of intensive focus on wait times, wait times have improved approximately 0% across the country. and undersecretary gibson admitted today that while access has improved more veterans are getting seen, wait times are actually going up because more veterans are being seen. there are more providers in the system there is, even though that's problematic, there is more choice. so i think one of the difficult questions we need to address and i want to get your thoughts on this, is whether we should not be a little bit more strategic on what we are hiring for and then what we are referring out. mr. reickhoff, i'm struck by your top priority, preventing suicides and caring for those who come back with the signature wounds of these most recent wars post traumatic stress, traumat

dr. abraham and i heard this morning with the secretary. one figure that just astounds me is that there are 50,000 positions opened within the v.a. that they are seeking to hire for today. another statistic that floors me is that the a.p. reported last month despite this year of intensive focus on wait times, wait times have improved approximately 0% across the country. and undersecretary gibson admitted today that while access has improved, more veterans are getting seen, wait times are actually going up because more veterans are being seen. there are more providers in the system, there is, even though that's problematic, there is more choice. so i think one of the difficult questions we need to address and i want to get your thoughts on this, is whether we should not be a little bit more strategic on what we are hiring for and then what we are referring out. mr. reickhoff, i'm struck by your top priority, preventing suicides and caring for those who come back with the signature wounds of these most recent wars, post traumatic stress, trau

myers caisson plat toon, the goshen hunt club, the crew of the "uss abraham lincoln," as well as dr. morris and mr. peck for joining us all today. thank you all. i hope this was a memorable day for you as it was for us. thank you. >>> coming up on c-span2, a panel of health care analysts will examine the emerging online medical care industry, or tele-medicine. they'll discuss regulations impacting interstate and international trade, prices and quality of care, and policy concerns. see it live from the cato institute at noon eastern. later on c-span, the bipartisan policy center will release its recommendations for improving health care in america. health care experts will discuss critical disease prevention and cost reduction. watch that live at 1:00 eastern. >>> david mccullough on the wright brothers their quest for flight, and wilbur's hockey accident that changed his course in history. >> it was the mystery of who it was that hit wilbur in the teeth with a hockey stick knocked out all his upper teeth when he was 18. and sent him into a spell of depression and self-imposed seclusi

the 50th anniversary of the march in selma, we remembered the iconic images of rabbi abraham joshua marching with dr. king, praying with his feet. to some, it must have seemed strange that a rabbi from warsaw would take such great pains to stand with a baptist preacher from alabama. no religion is an island. he wrote, "we must choose between interface and inner nihilism," between a shared hope that says together we can share a brighter future, or share cynicism that says our world is simply beyond repair. the heritage we celebrate this month is a testament to the power of hope. me standing here before you, all of you in this incredible congregation, is a testament to the power of hope. [applause] it's a rebuke to cynicism. it's a rebuke to nihilism. it inspires us to have faith that our future, like our past will be shaped by values that we share. at home, those values compel us that work to keep alive the american dream of opportunity for all. it means we care about issues that affect all children, not just our own. we are prepared to invest in early childhood education. that we are concerned about

abraham lincoln diagonally. at that point, too many people were in the room. it was hot. dr. leal ordered people out. he needed to examine the president. he knew that he had been shot in the head, but he did not know if he had other wounds. once the doctors were alone, they stripped lincoln naked and examined him on the bed. as the doctors began the examination of lincoln, they observed he had no other wounds. they thought he might have been stabbed because almost everyone in ford's theater had seen john wilkes booth flash the dagger on stage after he leaped from the box. he had the single shot behind the left ear. as lincoln was lying on the bed, mary lincoln and her entourage came through the front door of the petersen house and went to the front parlor. we will go that way and see what mary lincoln did. when lincoln was first brought in this house, he had no bodyguard. the army was not here yet. and so strangers came into the house and observed lincoln and in that bed. they lingered in the hallways. it was not until 15 or 20 minutes later that lincoln was under the full protection of the u.s. army

and the sight of abraham lincoln here at the top of the staircase was the last time the american people saw him alive. so dr. leo came in this door. and he told safford, take us to your best room. now, the hallway's narrow. it was already filled with the lincoln entourage, with the doctors, with the soldiers. and there was a narrow staircase on the right. safford knew the best room was the front parlor occupied by george and hill dads an sister. he reached for the door, it was locked. he went down to the second door here, this door was locked. hilda francis was inside frantically getting dressed. she was already dressed for bed so she wanted to put on clothes. so she didn't unlock this door either. and all that was left was this little room at the back of the hallway. which was occupied by a civil war soldier. but he was out for the evening. and so safford led them to this back room here. you can see how narrow the hallway is. there's barely enough room for soldiers to stand on each side of lincoln and carry him down this hallway. and so they took him into this room. and laid him on a spindle bed in the cor

four to say, is the vigil and it really is about the personal artifacts of abraham and mary lincoln as well as the letter with dr. charles leale, first doctor there, wrote the account to a friend of his weeks later, recalling everything that happened that night, not just his role, but what happened that evening and at the peterson house. he was young, only 23 years old, he was just out of medical school for six week, and found himself in the position of caring for the president initially. he found the wound and razed immediately it was fatal and there was no way that the president would recover from this shot. so he wrote to his friend and there's beautiful quotes and beautiful phrases in the letter, that he shared, and that was may, so it was just a couple months later but our collective ariantyifacts here all items of lincoln, the great coat he wore, made for him by brooks brother, worn to the second inaugural and wore again to the theater that evening, and his top hat as well as mourn band for willie. we have the contents of his pockets, so these were things, all of the artifacts were given to eventually his

dr. leale recognized that a bumpy carriage ride through the muddy streets of washington, d.c. would be far too much for abraham to bear. just then across the street from the theatre, the door opened at the top of the stairs and said bring him in here. the soldiers, who had just moments earlier been celebrating the union victory of the civil war now had to carry the weakened body of their fallen commander through crowds of people. the bed that they found in the rear bedroom of the petersen house was too small to accommodate the president's 6'4" inch frame. they had to lay him diagonally across the bed. dr. leale and dr. taft attended to lincoln and tried to make him as comfortable as they could because they knew from the first moments that his wound was mortal. mary lincoln spent most of that night in the front parlor of the petersen house overcome with grief, already mourning the death of her youngest son willy the assassination of her husband was too much for her to bear. her eldest son, captain robert todd lincoln came to her from the white house and attempted to comfort her throughout the night. in the rear

marked the 50th anniversary of the march of selma we remembered the iconic images of rabbi abraham joshua marching with drng, praying with his feet. the summit must have seemed -- to some, it must have seemed strange that a rabbi from warsaw would take such great pains to stand with a minister from mississippi. no religion is an island. he wrote "we must choose between interface and inner nihilism," between a shared hope that says together we can share a brighter future, or share cynicism that says our world is simply beyond repair. the heritage we celebrate this month is a testament otto the power of hope. me standing here before you, all of you in this incredible congregation is a testament to the power of hope. [applause] it's a rebuke to cynicism. it's a rebuke to nihilism. it inspires us to have faith that our future, like our past, will be shaped by values that we share. at home, those values compel us to work to keep alive the american dream of opportunity for all. it means we carea about issues that affect all children, not just our own. we are prepared to invest in early childhood education. that

spread by copperheads, showing abraham lincoln, the worst deranged fantasy of the copperheads has now become in him poetic sense a present-day reality. there is an odd symmetry. dr. scott: black republicanism today would be black democracy. mr. appelbaum: but the civil war has always been an odd thing to commemorate as a people. you can walk on the civil war battlefield and find people there of all backgrounds from different parts of the country coming there in common cause to commemorate the moment in which americans walked on the battlefield and slaughtered each other by the tens of thousands. if you step back and think about it, it's slightly odd. not every nation commemorates its most divisive inter-nacene war faring in quite the way that we do. part of it is that the memory of the civil war has always been wrapped up in valor, encourage and he thought about the battle and maneuvering and the placement of troops and the elevation of the artillery and the leveling of the swords in the charging across the battlefield. we are moving -- historians are moving -- i think the public is moving toward a broader understanding of the civil war and what it was as a stru

in the middle of conference with abraham lincoln which abraham lincoln would not back off from his pledge to halt the expansion of slavery. and as dr. medford said to me he is all in when it comes to the -- when it comes to secession and he's likening secession to 1776 that virginia has finally recovered all of the sovereignty that it had yielded to the federal government in -- in the constitution and so they're back in the state that they were in 1776 in order which they will achieve their independence.but then virginia for a brief period is again a sovereign independent state. he's instrumental in the negotiations that bring virginia full bore into the confederacy. and you know one of the interesting things about the washington peace conference is that at that exact time that he is here in washington, ostensibly trying to ward off civil war. his granddaughter letitia is in montgomery, alabama dedicating the new capital of the confederacy by raising the new stars and bars over that building. susan: we've been showing you some of julia tyler's letters and here is one that she wrote to her mother about the civil war. she wrote, "the